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I asked Airrack to break down one of his biggest pranks ever: arresting KSI. Try OpusClip's new AutoPilot tool, one of the most innovative tools for creators: https://www.opus.pro/contact-autopilot ...Also, get my free YT Hack Pack with our best tips & templates to grow on YT: https://www.ythackpack.com/Join my Discord of 7,000 creators helping each other grow: DiscordJoin my newsletter for latest creator news & tips: https://created.newsGet Created merch hoodies, hats, shirts & crewnecks: https://created.storeSubscribe for more videos: https://tr.ee/YoushaeiYT0:00 - How Airrack Preps for Videos3:06 - Hiring Real Cops5:11 - Setting Up the Cameras6:51 - Inside Man9:16 - Going Undercover10:44 - “He Has No Idea This Is Happening”14:06 - Finding the Right Details15:40 - Fighting the Police17:29 - Point of No Return20:01 - “Only Time I Get Nervous”22:22 - How the Sausage Is Made23:36 - Trying to Buy Punk’d25:16 - Don’t Arrest Me

I asked Linus how he built one of YT's biggest tech channels and nearly went broke. Thanks Dropbox for sponsoring, see how Dropbox can help your team create faster: https://bit.ly/jonyoushaeidropbox Get our free YT Hack Pack with our best tips, tools & templates: ⁠⁠⁠https://www.YTHackPack.com⁠⁠Join our Discord of 6,500 creators helping each other grow: ⁠⁠⁠⁠Discord ⁠⁠⁠⁠Join our newsletter for latest creator news & tips: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://created.news⁠⁠⁠Subscribe for more videos: ⁠⁠⁠https://tr.ee/YoushaeiYT0:00 Real Talk & Declining Views3:39 Looking at Linus' YT Earnings & Views7:57 Handling Conflicts Of Interests12:50 Why Nvidia Stopped Sponsoring Linus15:58 Why Apple Hates Linus18:26 Linus’ Advice to New Creators20:17 Responding To Criticism24:24 How LTT Catches Errors28:53 More Advice For YouTubers31:03 Income Breakdown34:38 Tips for Brand Deals39:22 Growing Merch To 55% Of Revenue43:29 Turning Down $100M Offer To Sell Channel49:51 Launching LTT…Then Almost Going Broke55:42 Building Team from Day 11:10:57 Most Stressful Moment1:14:23 Linus’ Prediction & Thoughts on AI

I interviewed Lucas and Curtis Nicotra (aka “Sticks”) who went from working for Mark Rober to making movies for MrBeast, Ryan Trahan & more. Thanks Shopify for sponsoring, get free trial: https://www.shopify.com/YoushaeiGet our free YT Hack Pack with our best tips, tools & templates: ⁠https://www.YTHackPack.comJoin our Discord of 6,500 creators helping each other grow: ⁠⁠Discord ⁠⁠Join our newsletter for latest creator news & tips: ⁠⁠https://created.news⁠Subscribe for more videos: ⁠https://tr.ee/YoushaeiYT00:00 First Viral Videos, Lessons & Breakthroughs7:37 Risking It All for Airrack12:20 Surprising Ryan Trahan in 1 Week21:34 Negotiating with Mark Rober33:04 Sticks Breaks Down Their Packaging39:58 The Turning Point: Creator Commercials44:56 Breakdown of Joyride Commercial47:26 Filmmaking on YouTube51:36 How Sticks Made Videos with Mark Rober1:01:24 Leaving Mark Rober1:05:50 Making the MrBeast Movie1:19:45 Filmmaking Tips for YouTube1:34:08 Building The Sticks Team1:35:24 How Sticks Makes Money1:36:55 Making the Feastables Movie1:41:16 Closing Thoughts

Sticks breaks down their movie starring MrBeast to launch Feastables’ brand-new chocolate milk. Thanks Feastables for sponsoring: grab the new chocolate milk now at Walmart, 7-Eleven, and Speedway nationwide. Get our free YT Hack Pack with the best tools, templates, and tips to grow on YT: https://www.ythackpack.com/ Join my Discord of 6,500 creators helping each other grow: Discord Join my newsletter for latest creator news & tips: https://created.newsSubscribe for more videos: https://tr.ee/YoushaeiYT

I interviewed one of YouTube's smartest business minds, Codie Sanchez, who shared a ton of specific tips and tools to make it as a creator. Thanks Thinkific for sponsoring, get started here: https://try.thinkific.com/o8x1mvptypwjGet my free YT Thumbnail Hackpack: ⁠⁠⁠⁠YTHackPack.com/Thumbnail⁠⁠⁠⁠Join my Discord of 5,500 creators helping each other grow: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Discord ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Join my newsletter for latest creator news & tips: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠created.news⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Subscribe for more videos: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠tr.ee/YoushaeiYT⁠(0:00) Who is Codie Sanchez?(1:40) Why Finance Content Gets A Bad Rap(3:55) How Codie Beats Burnout(9:49) Writing Like Codie Sanchez(14:33) Codie’s Tactics To Go Viral(17:56) How Codie Runs YouTube With Notion(28:01) Turning Viewers Into Community(30:55) Want Codie's Notion Templates?(31:35) Building Process With Notion(34:45) Breaking Down Codie’s Businesses(39:30) Why Codie Says No To Brand Deals(43:57) Launching A Newsletter in 2025(49:59) 6 Ways To Structure Brand Deals(1:01:18) Codie’s Income Breakdown(1:03:16) Building Deals As A Creator(1:07:46) Earning $500K For Public Speaking(1:13:00) Why Codie Sells a $10,000 Course(1:21:44) Reality of Running A Business(1:25:35) Codie’s Biggest Regret(1:27:51) Codie’s Journalism on the US-Mexico Border

In their 1st ever interview, the Stokes Twins talk about going from homeless to building YouTube's 2nd biggest channel and open up about everything. Get 3 months free of OpusClip, my favorite editing tool: https://opus.pro/jonGet my free YT Thumbnail Hackpack: ⁠⁠YTHackPack.com/Thumbnail⁠⁠Join my Discord of 5,500 creators helping each other grow: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Discord ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Join my newsletter for latest creator news & tips: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠created.news⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Subscribe for more videos: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠tr.ee/YoushaeiYT(0:00) Who Are The Stokes Twins?(1:51) Buying $14M Mansion to Film Videos(4:23) Starting Out Homeless(7:45) Stealing vs Inspiration?(22:03) Cost Per Video(23:57) Spending $1M on a Video(26:46) Growing The Team(28:33) Convincing Alan To Do YouTube(34:13) How Do You Split Responsibilities(36:40) Biggest Fight?(38:51) Fake Bank Robbery: Press, Reactions & Lessons Learned(58:28) 50M Views Per Day(1:00:39) Earning $5M+ Per Year on AdSense(1:02:53) Joining Brent Rivera’s crew(1:12:13) $20M Net Worth(1:13:08) Spending $10M Per Year On Videos(1:16:26) Why Don’t You Take Brand Deals?(1:20:42) 1M Subscribers from a Short(1:23:02) Stokes Twins Break Down Their Video(1:24:27) The Truth About Alex’s Weight Gain(1:26:23) Writing 18 Page Scripts(1:28:41) Closer Look at YT Analytics(1:31:12) Collabing With MrBeast(1:35:26) Launching Products(1:37:00) The Average Stokes Twins Fans(1:41:47) Impact of Losing Their Grandfather(1:49:10) Final Words & Gift For Jon

I toured Dude Perfect's new HQ to learn how they built one of YouTube's biggest brands. Get free trial to Opus Clip: bit.ly/ClipYourVideos and get my free YT Thumbnail Hackpack: YTHackPack.com/ThumbnailJoin my Discord of 5,500 creators helping each other grow:⁠⁠⁠⁠ Discord ⁠⁠⁠⁠Join my newsletter for latest creator news & tips: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠created.news⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Subscribe for more videos: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠bit.ly/YouTubeYoushaei⁠⁠⁠(0:00) Why build a new HQ?(3:06) Design & Tech(6:25) Video Costs & Production(8:56) Trick Shot(10:39) The Idea Lab(14:56) Thumbnail Design(17:25) The $100M investment(18:32) How the dudes split their equity(23:13) Video feedback sessions(25:17) Does Tyler like being “the face of DP”?(27:25) Creating sports drinks(28:01) Editing Process(30:27) Why DP “can’t” win an Emmy(33:10) Expanding beyond videos(37:33) How DP designs their sets(40:08) Creating new video formats(43:03) Beating their own records(45:30) Different dudes, different roles(46:53) Training for trick shots(48:52) Half court shot(49:19) Little surprise

Johnny Harris breaks down his biggest video about McDonald's ice cream. Thanks Lickd for sponsoring, sign up to get access to 1.4 million mainstream music tracks for your videos: https://go.lickd.co/JonYoushaei-Dec2024 Get my free YouTube Playbooks with the best tips from my interviews with MrBeast, Casey Neistat & more: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://created.news/playbook⁠⁠ ⁠⁠ Join my Discord of 5,500 creators helping each other grow:⁠⁠ Discord ⁠⁠ Join my newsletter for latest creator news & tips: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://created.news⁠⁠⁠⁠ Subscribe for more videos ► ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://bit.ly/YouTubeYoushaei⁠⁠⁠ In this video, Johnny Harris breaks down his most popular video called The REAL Reason McDonalds Ice Cream Machines Are Always Broken. He talks about McDonald's, Taylor service technicians, and all the research he put into understanding what "call the guy" really means. Special thank you to our amazing film crew: Caleb Hargett (DP), Ahmad Asaad (2nd Cam Op), Camila Franco Ribeiro Gomide (Sound Mixer)

I interviewed Binging with Babish, aka Andrew Rea, about his rise to fame, his biggest regrets, and what's next. Thanks Invideo for sponsoring, try it for free: https://invideo.io/i/jonyoushaei Get my free YouTube Playbooks with the best tips from my interviews with MrBeast, Casey Neistat & more: ⁠⁠https://created.news/playbook⁠⁠ Join my Discord of 5,500 creators helping each other grow: Discord Join my newsletter for latest creator news & tips: ⁠⁠https://created.news⁠⁠ Subscribe for more videos ► ⁠⁠https://bit.ly/YouTubeYoushaei⁠ (0:00) Meet Binging with Babish (1:10) Babish's Most Telling Tattoo (2:31) Babish's different formats (6:01) Growing the channel...and criticism (8:25) What will you use the $3M for? (16:06) Honest thoughts on co-hosts? (17:43) What should you name your YT channel? (19:37) Reddit & Failed Documentary (24:25) Mental Heath Crisis (30:52) Changes & Team (36:17) Babish's biggest mess up (42:40) "I'm a better editor than cook" (50:11) Future of Babish Culinary Universe

I visited Binging with Babish (Andrew Rea) who showed me his studio and creative process. Get 60 days free of Spotter Studio, one of my favorite tools: https://partner.spotterstudio.com/jon Get my free YouTube Playbooks with best tips from my interviews with MrBeast, Casey Neistat & more: https://created.news/playbook Join my Discord of 5,500 creators helping each other grow: / discord Join my newsletter for latest creator news & tips: https://created.news (0:00) - (9:37) Location 1: Filming, costs & products (9:38) - (16:19) Location 2: Creative process, editing & voiceovers (16:20) - (18:30) Location 3: Filming and team (18:30) - (19:37) Location 4: Gear and storage

I Interviewed Johnny Harris & his CEO Iz Harris on how they built a news empire on YouTube. Thank you Invideo AI for sponsoring, use code JONYOUSHAEI50 for 2X free credits: ⁠http://invideo.io/i/jonyoushaei⁠ And thanks Shopify for sponsoring, click for a free trial: ⁠http://shopify.com/youshaei⁠ Get my free YouTube Playbooks with the best tips from my interviews with MrBeast, Casey Neistat & more: ⁠https://created.news/playbook⁠ Join my Discord of 5,500 creators helping each other grow:⁠/Discord ⁠ Join my newsletter for latest creator news & tips: ⁠https://created.news⁠ Subscribe for more videos ► ⁠https://bit.ly/YouTubeYoushaei⁠ Special thank you to our amazing film crew: Caleb Hargett (DP), Ahmad Asaad (2nd Cam Op), Camila Franco Ribeiro Gomide (Sound Mixer) We also discussed how Johnny won an Emmy with the NY Times, leaving Vox for YouTube, how they're launching a new creator network for journalists, and getting millions of views for videos like The REAL Reason McDonalds Ice Cream Machines Are Always Broken, Why People Think The World Is Flat, What Happens If China Invades Taiwan, The "Deep State" Explained. (0:00) Who is Johnny Harris? (1:39) How Johnny Gets More Views Than The News (6:49) Winning An Emmy (10:53) Lessons From Vox (12:39 Getting New Skills (14:20) Johnny's Key To Writing (20:16) Johnny’s Production Process (26:44) Breaking Down Johnny’s Elon Musk Video (30:54 How Johnny Uses Music (35:00) How Johnny Creates Shorts (37:11) Selling Blood To Buy Cameras (39:55) Business Of Journalism On YouTube (41:01) Addressing World Economic Forum Controversy (43:53) Business of Journalism On YouTube (Cont.) (46:03) Spending $100K Per Month (47:30) Finding (And Hiring) Creative Partners (53:16) How Johnny Reaches Out To Sources (57:59) Growing From YT Channel To Business (1:05:02) Building A Better Production Process (1:08:15) Stages Of A Johnny Harris Video (1:11:27) Publishing Imperfect Videos (1:16:35) How Big Is The Johnny Harris Team? (1:19:46) Launching A Creator Network For Journalists

I interviewed James Hobson aka the Hacksmith about the struggles and cost of being YouTube's real life Iron Man. Thanks .Store for sponsoring. Get your branded .Store domain for your merch store for $0.99: https://www.created.store/jon (code: JON) Join my newsletter for latest creator news & tips: https://created.news Join my Discord of 5,500 creators helping each other grow: https://discord.com/invite/created We also discussed the struggle of running a business on YouTube, how James has sold millions of dollars in mini sabers, built Captain America's shield and real life light sabers, and what actually went into creating videos like John Wick’s Bulletproof Suit, Thor’s Stormbreaker, Self Healing Wolverine Claws, and 4000° Plasma Proto-Lightsaber Build. Special thank you to Danny Bui, Pouya Mirzaei, and the Origin Films team for filming this interview and our Hacksmith Studio Tour. Highly recommend working with them if you're ever in Toronto. 0:00 - 0:50 Who Is The Hacksmith? 0:50 - 3:20 How Hacksmith Makes (And Spends) Money 3:20 - 5:02 Building World’s First Lightsaber 5:02 - 6:50 Quitting Job For YouTube 6:50 - 10:27 Struggle of Running a YT Business 10:27 - 12:44 How Can You Inspire…If You Go Broke? 12:44 - 17:37 $100K To Make A Video 17:37 - 20:37 Creating Because You Have To, Not Want To 20:37 - 26:31 Quitting YouTube 26:31 - 33:00 Growing Too Fast, Too Quickly 33:00 - 40:12 Lessons From Grant Thompson (The King of Random) 40:12 - 48:49 Hero vs. Hub Content 48:49 - 56:22 Hacksmith Income Breakdown 56:22 - 1:07:32 Problems With Hollywood (John Wick’s Bulletproof Suit) 1:07:32 - 1:11:56 Selling $1M of Mini-Sabers In A Week 1:11:56 - 1:18:23 Building World’s First Cordless Lightsaber 1:18:23 - 1:23:06 What Makes A Good Video? 1:23:06 - 1:32:39 MrBeast’s Advice To Hacksmith 1:32:39 - 1:36:14 Creator Burnout & Fears 1:36:14 - 1:38:27 Future of Hacksmith Industries 1:38:27 - 1:41:44 Inspiring Fans to Become Engineers